Wednesday, October 7, 2009

I just received a call from Orly Taitz, my attorney in the case seeking proof of Obama's eligibility for the Office of President of the United States. Judge Carter has release a statement declaring that the dates he set for the hearing and trial on the eligibility issue are confirmed, and it will move forward as scheduled. Apparently he was not swayed by the Obama lawyer's arguments.

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Andrew is an Obot troll. See the below comment thread on Leo Donofrio's site indicating tactic to slam Orly Taitz -- especially now there is MSM recognition (on MSNBC's Hardball/Chris Matthews) of the "natural born citizen" argument.

This is welcome news. I wonder if it will prompt the pretender to resign rather than enduring a protracted trial he's certain to lose. We own a debt of gratitude to Judge Carter and to Ambassador Keyes for their steadfastness.

Dr. Taitz was mistaken and premature, in her report to Ambassador Keyes. The minutes posted to pacer were dated 10/5/09 and confirmed as "final" the tentative scheduled hearing dates. No decision has been made regarding the Motion to Dismiss.

I have always said when asked, and this goes back to the first time he ran for POTUS, "Would you vote for a black man for POTUS?" and my answer was always yes, with Alan Keyes in mind. You are a great American sir, thank you for all you have and will do.

Pardon me for repeating content of a prior message. Dr. Taitz seems to have confused the clerk's minutes of the 10/5/09 hearing and related finalization of tentative dates with a decision by Judge Carter. The Judge has not ruled on the Motion to Dismiss. These "final" dates will be moot if the MTD is granted. I pray that the Lord guides Judge Carter to the right decision and believe in my heart that HE will.

If Taitz was "mistaken" in her "premature" comments to Keyes in this critically important aspect of the case - as further research confirms she was - that might cause one to wonder just what sort of Plaintiff representation Keyes et al is receiving from Taitz? On what other element(s) of the case was/is/will be Taitz "mistaken" and "premature"? Perhaps "Andrew the Obit Troll" has a valid point when he disparagingly questioned Taitz capabilities? Just askin'... and thinkin'...

aubrey..Leftists like Chavez. I've never been mistaken for a leftist in my life and don't see how you'd make such a comment from reading the comments that I posted ..Why do you think the document was dated October 5, 2009? Think clerks minutes.

What would preclude Judge Carter from proceedig with discovery and trial, as he appears to be doing, without ruling one way or the other on the Motion to Dismiss? (That way, he keeps his options open depending upon how things develop and there's nothing for Team Obama to delay and appeal in the interim.)

Ted...The Magistrate Judge Nakazato, who Dr. Taitz tried, unsuccessfully, to remove, will handle any discovery which occurs if the case moves forward. If Discovery is ordered, the Obama lawyers will file an interloculatory appeal on that issue and likely win if Judge Carter hasn't ruled on MTD. They'd do so also if Judge Carter dismisses the MTD but wouldn't be able to make the case that they're "waiting" for Judge Carter's ruling.

I am not a lawyer. I did some reading yesterday. Everything I read said that you cannot appeal a denial of a motion to dismiss. All appeals must be made after a summary judgement is made on the merits of the case in chief. Any lawyers out there know the answer?

Ted....Of course, I could be wrong but I did say "likely" win. They could lose the interloculatory appeal but they'd likely get a stay on discovery until the appeal decision was made OR Judge Carter ruled on the MTD, which would restart the clock, in layman's terms.

Remember, this is the Ninth Circuit, the most liberal appeals court in the country.

Kinda the whole point of lawyering is that the interpretation of the law depends on what is most beneficial to your client. In that respect, one can hardly expect any remotely honest person to be a really top-flight lawyer. As it applies to the legal process, it means that nothing is really how things are decided unless neither side can see how doing things differently would be to their advantage.

Ted...Since you've not proven me wrong, once, let alone 3 times, I'll let the other readers make the determination of fact....You don't get to referee in the same game where you're playing.

What you don't seem to understand is that Judge Carter has not ruled on the MTD and has not issued any order that would allow discovery to proceed. Are you unwilling to examine the actual document which Dr. Taitz incorrectly deemed to state that the case is moving forward, per Judge Carter?

"Cause called and counsel state their appearances. Argument by counsel. Motion takenunder submission."

I am really curious as to why those that still back this man posing as our President don't wonder why he doesn't just end this whole charade and cough up the papers? Don't you find it weird at all that his kindergarten admission papers disappeared (his were the only ones missing), that his long form can not be reached for comment, that his school records are sealed, passport info - nada, college transcripts (nope)???? This man is invisible and running our country - doesn't that scare you at all? Do any of you have children??? Do you care?

No these people don't care! We are too busy murdering our posterity, giving their future to illegal aliens and terrorists and worshiping Beyonces, Brittanys, Jon & Kates and David Lettermans. We are not even a SHADOW fo what we used to be. It is sad...

I cannot even get a straight answer on what is going on with this case against a man supposedly named Obama... who is supposedly OUR president.

May God Almighty make known the truth to us concerning Barack Obama! May he bless Orly in her attempt to make that truth known, and may he silence the derogatory voices who could care less about our Freedoms and the blood that was spilled to give us our Constitution and our democratic REPUBLIC! In Jesus' name I ask it. Amen.

Judge Carter's case is not necessarily to eject Obama (as under quo warranto). The case is about candidate Keyes vs. candidate Obama, alleging candidate Obama was inelligible to run. Keyes could recover some damages; and let Obama stay in office (if anyone would still want him) after that!

I remember hearing about the fact that a software company fromVenezuela was supplying the software for the electronic voting boothsin the USA. That was shocking to me after realizing what Chavez is like.

Also with so many HOLLYWOOD people visiting Chavez and paying respect to him,it would not surprise me that the LEFTists would be bringing in THEIR leaderusing this software to fraudulently shift the votes.

Ultimately, there is no way to absolutely prevent vote fraud without compromising the secret ballot. You can have a secret ballot that is open to fraud, or you can have an open ballot which can be made completely honest.

But yes, the issue of electronic voting machines is problematic. I remember how the left wailed about them...and then shut up about it all at once. Not exactly confidence inspiring.

With regards to the Motion to Dismiss, there seems to be a clear legal remedy, that is if Obama is deemed not an eligible candidate, then some amount of funds (should be over $75000 in order to avoid losing subject-matter jurisdiction) would be ordered to be paid to the plaintiff.

For those interested, here is what I read:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_%28legal%29#Motion_to_dismisshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject-matter_jurisdiction

Yet there are shades of gray for the Electronic Voting systems. There are solutions which inherently promote the ability for fraud to take place, and then there are better solutions which have in place checks and balances where multiple parties are in place to verify counts.

Also, for those who know software, having the source code freely visible by the public is a NECESSITY for public voting software.

While it seems that anyone who tries to bring facts into view is labeled an "OBOT", I suggest that Ambassador Keyes look at Dr. Taitz most recent filing to Judge Carter. Does anyone here think that a Judge responds well to prodding to move more "quickly"?

Sam C. - While this is a federal case, the statute of limitations which applies will be governed by the State of California, if I'm not mistaken. There is an allegation that Obama engaged in fraud by claiming status as a natural born citizen. The California Statute of limitations for fraud is 3 years. This case has been filed well within the acceptable time period.

Sam - I thought I posted a response so forgive me if this is a duplicate. I believe that Ambassador Keyes case is governed by the statute of limitations of the State of California. There is an allegation that Obama engaged in fraud in claiming he is a natural born citizen in the 2008 election. If I'm not mistaken, the statute of limitations for fraud in CA is 3 years. This case was filed in a timely manner.

Ted - "The Court is in receipt of Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Motion for Relief from Stay of Discovery. Pending resolution of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, the stay of discovery shall remain in place. See Dkt. 66. Should the discovery period be insufficient given the scheduling order in place, the partiesmay file for an extension of the discovery period."

Well, with all due respect, if the Judge in this matter has in fact "released a statement" to the effect stated, where was it released to? i.e., what media source? And why wasn't it also included in this particular posting on this Blog as an attachment or some other acceptable way i.e., URL etc??

Well do you Pocket? We are waiting... notice the time and date? No answer? I read posts on the above links and found nothing wrong or out of order. You do realize we are talking about the US government AND the slickest mack daddy in history? She is right to cover every base and then some. And little should any worry who consider Dr. Taitz incompetent. If you think that, then remember GOD uses the foolish to confound the wise. HE also is not mocked. I do not think Dr. Keyes would be so daft as to retain her after all this time if he were not confident of her abilities - he ain't no dummy... AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAYING FOR THIS TO SUCCEED!!!

Alan Keyes, Thank you! The truth will prevail! God is watching over all of us and the power of God will prevail in uncovering this fraud - Obama. Thank you again Alan Keyes and all the lawyers and judges and support people. God Bless you all.

gilbertabrett - First, I don't know why you'd consider Ambassador Keyes to be "daft" just because his lawyer makes a false claim regarding a court communication. He trusted his attorney. I am not concerned about Dr. Taitz's "foolish" errors as these can be fixed in the court process. It is clear that Judge Carter is making every effort to be fair and not allow technicalities to be used to stop the process. I do judge a tree by its fruit. Dr. Taitz has presented contradictory information to the courts of Judge Carter and Judge Land. She has presented documents such as a Kenyan COB to courts without verifying them as authentic.

I pray that God will act so that the truth regarding Obama's natural born citizenship is revealed, quickly, clearly, and indisputably. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Well there I have to agree with you my friend. But, as I have commented SEVERAL times, it is IMPOSSIBLE to get reliable information on the internet. Or maybe I do not know WHERE to look? It is frustrating that our so-called reputable news sources in this country will NOT follow this story - even if it was just for the sensationalism you would think one of these greedy hounds would have latched onto the bone by now...

I am just hungry for information, that's all. I wish I had the money to travel to these places and see things first hand.

Oh, by the way, I never intimated that Dr. Keyes was daft. Quite the opposite. I do not always agree with him, but unlike a lot of conservative thinking people in this country I have learned that even within your own family you have to give and take - much more so those you agree with on how the government should run according to our Constitution.

Unfortunately, most people never realized that there was a political rift started long ago in our country - probably about the time Madalyn Murray O'Hair started running her mouth. People continue to kick GOD out of everything in our country AND ALLOW our "representatives" in ALL areas of government to do the same. We are now beginning to reap at home what our parents allowed to be sown. And no, I am NOT a fan of Jeremiah Wright...

POCKET ROCKET: Do you have a law degree? I notice that you are dispensing an awful lot of legal advice and analysis, and was curious as to what level of expert you claim to be on this issue.

As a legal professional myself, Dr. Taitz' lack of proper decorum makes me nervous, but it doesn't mean she is an incompetent professional. Unorthodox, yes, but as yet that does not equal incompetent, unless they've changed the definition since I last looked. As the ECF site is unavailable due to maintenance this weekend, I am unable to verify any of the claims made (in posts above) regarding the denial of Dr. Taitz' request for relief from stay of discovery.

However, I have read the "minute order" entered by Judge Carter's staff late Monday afternoon (remember the hearing was in the morning). In that Order, Judge Carter set a briefing schedule for Motion(s) for Summary Judgment.

In U.S. District Courts (or even state courts, for that matter), it is not uncommon for a Judge to delay ruling upon a Motion to Dismiss, preferring instead to wait until more substantive dispositive motions are filed. The first thing any defendant does in a civil case is file a Motion to Dismiss based upon sometimes totally imaginary grounds. Obama's MTD was such a document, and the Judge should not have granted it. I think his indication (by setting the MSJ schedule) of a preference to rule on a MSJ instead of a MTD is every bit a reasonable decision.

As I recall, the motion for limited stay of discovery only asked for relief until Oct. 5, the date of the hearing on the MTD. When I checked the docket yesterday, there was no order from the Judge concerning Dr. Taiz' request. The public record is clear that Defendants' asked for only a LIMITED stay of discovery.

Unless the defendants requested an additional stay of discovery, I would think the Judge would be hard pressed to deny her request. Particularly when you consider that he just scheduled the plaintiffs' MSJ deadline for early November--a mere 30 days away. In my opinion, the Judge would commit a travesty of justice IF he ordered indefinite stay of discovery. Without discovery neither party has a solid base for summary judgment motions.

IF this is really what has happened, then our Chicago Thug in Chief has managed to pull some very painful strings. I still believe Judge Carter to be no-nonsense Marine.

So, in sum, the Minute Order simply established MSJ dates that had here-to-fore not been set. Dr. Taitz rightfully requested relief from stay. IF Judge Carter denied that request, Dr. Taitz has every right to ask for reconsideration, or any other relief provided for under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California (Southern Division).

gilbertabrett - You are sooo right about the validity of information on the internet. I try to avoid citing anything but sources which are authoritative and still get it wrong sometimes. My apologies for misunderstanding your use of the word "daft" with respect to Ambassador Keyes. I don't fault him for trusting his lawyer. It may be a good time for him to get a "second opinion".

No government hack can stop us from voicing our faith in the LORD. HIS will be done. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

MaryAnnH - I'm not attorney. I've never pretended to be a lawyer and while I've shared my opinion (analysis)of the case involving Ambassador Keyes and Obama, I don't recall giving any legal advice. Suggesting that someone get a second opinion isn't giving legal advice, IMO.

I've found the legal documents posted at SCRIBD to be accurate, ie identical to those posted on PACER.

Dr. Taitz had the "right" to request that the stay on discovery be lifted but it was probably unwise of her to do so, given that Judge Carter's ruling on the MTD is forthcoming. Dr. Taitz was clearly mistaken in claiming that the "Minute Order" was a ruling from Judge Carter to allow her to proceed with discovery. That's why Obama's lawyers first responded with "NUTS" to her clerk's request. It's also why Judge Carter quickly denied her subsequent request.

POCKET ROCKET: Dr. Taitz made no misinterpretation of the Judge's minute order. The setting of MSJ deadlines was a wide invitation to request the stay of discovery be lifted. Your reading and interpretation of the minute order is simply that--your reading and interpretation. You have every right to think the request relief from stay was unwise. The rest of us have every right to think it was wise.

Obama's lawyers would have said "nuts" to any suggestion, no matter whether that right was warranted or not.

What makes you think that they would cooperate and follow the rules? Have they been cooperative thus far? Let's see...sealed school records, college records, medical records, passport records, birth certificate. Seems to me that their track record isn't very trustworthy.

I think so many are forgetting that even if the cirtificate showes he was born in Hawaii, that it is the president being set that people "the entire public must vet a man that the coursts had previously stated we could not view his vital and college information!

MaryAnnH - Dr. Taitz did misinterpret Judge Carter's order. I don't see how you spin it otherwise.

Here's what she posted on her blog.

"Looks like it’s a go with the eligibility trial"

"I just got an order from judge Carter. He does not say outright that the motion to dismiss, but he says that the dates for trial are final. We might need to ask for the clarification, but from the first glance it looks like a go."

BTW, suggesting that someone may pull very painful strings to get Judge Carter to change his opinion, is to accuse Judge Carter of judicial misconduct if he fails to report such attempts or responds to them.

POCKET ROCKET: Regarding "painful strings" ... what is YOUR explanation for the various courts summarily dismissing the many lawsuits that have been filed thus far? Especially on such spurious grounds? I don't think you appreciate the power and evil of the current resident of the people's White House.

As for your Orly quote...did you read the last sentence? "We might need to ask for clarification, but at FIRST GLANCE it looks like a go." I believe I have discussed the Barnett v. Obama lawsuit to the greatest extent that I can without giving the opposition a strategy to oppose us.

I was wrong about the summary judgment deadlines...they were mentioned in a prior minute order, I believe perhaps 09-08-09...I do not have the docket sheet in front of me at this moment. I believe it is unfortunate that Judge Carter made those tentative dates final (ECF maintenance was finished late Saturday, and I got in early on Sunday). I also believe it is unfortunate that Judge Carter so quickly denied Orly's request for relief from stay. Those are my opinions, nothing more, nothing less.

May I ask what your purpose is in pointing out Orly's errors? Is this constructive criticism? Just curious.

MaryAnnH - A "legal professional" should be able to understand the difficulty that plaintiffs are facing in trying to have a US court determine that the President of the United States is ineligible to hold office. If you wish to assert that issues related to jurisdiction, standing, justicability, proper venue, and the political question doctrine constitute "spurious grounds", I'd like to see your detailed legal opinion, with case law supporting your claims.

Why am I criticizing Dr. Taitz? I respect Ambassador Keyes and view him as true conservative.

I have had growing concerns about the conduct of Dr. Taitz, as Ambassador Keyes attorney, and in regard to her statements and actions in other eligibility cases. Dr. Taitz has submitted fake documents as evidence. She has made contradictory statements and blatant false claims in court and in the media. She has failed to file documents correctly or in a timely manner. She has made allegations that federal judges have engaged in criminal conduct. Her court clerk, Mr. Lincoln, is a disbarred lawyer. How much evidence do you need before you develop a clear opinion about an attorney's competance and performance?

I support and defend our US Constitution. Obama is the President of the United States. If he engaged in fraud and is ineligible for this office, he must be impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate.

Alternatively, an interested party could test quo warranto in the DC District Court, without assistance of the Attorney General (Holder). There is some doubt as to whether this applies to the office of the President of the United States. The case would need to go to SCOTUS.

I do not pray for Obama. I can imagine praying that he be a good President, but I do not, as faith is an essential component of prayer. It would be like praying for it to rain lollipops...except I might actually decide to pray for something like that. As far as I have been able to determine, he has nothing to do with me, and I nothing to do with him. He is outside of my jurisdiction, so to speak.

I don't even pray that he'll be removed from office, though of course I do occasionally pray that those who seek to preserve the Constitution will be strengthened and protected. Maybe I shouldn't be mentioning that here...learning that evil persons pray for you may not be the most confidence building experience. Still, one aspect of my evil is that I so rarely let considerations of what I should do affect what I actually do.

It's not like I'm deliberately picking evil...that's just what happens sometimes when you don't choose good. Go figure.

Chiu Chunling, I read your comments with interest each time I come across them. For an evil person (tongue in cheek), you are a really nice person...and reasoned, updated on the issues, and you know your Constitution pretty well. You also know your "circle of authority," those things which are within your power to change, and those things which are not.

PocketRocket, on the other hand, has no clear idea of his circle of authority. Whom Dr. Keyes chooses to represent his legal interests is entirely up to him, and him alone. It doesn't matter how bad you think Orly Taitz is, or how incompetent, replacing her is NOT your decision. If you really want to advise Dr. Keyes in this area, it would be better done in private, not in a public forum such as this one.

My opinion is that, with the exception of a few hiccups, Barnett vs. Obama has been prosecuted in an adequate manner. If you are so sure that you could do better, perhaps you should volunteer your time doing legal research to help.

To DerekP & PocketRocket: I suggest that you have verifiable, documented evidence of the allegation you make, for what you say qualifies as defamation. If you have proof, bring it on and enlighten us all. If not, then I suggest you keep silent until such proof is obtained.

Chiu Chunling - "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"Lewis Carroll

MaryAnnH - Are you disputing any of the factual (not opinion) allegations that I've made about Dr. Taitz's conduct?

Court Documents involving Dr. Orly Taitz - You can easily find the fake Kenyan birth certificates, the list of SSN numbers falsely attributed to Obama, etc. She submits them in most of her filings.

"To DerekP & PocketRocket: I suggest that you have verifiable, documented evidence of the allegation you make, for what you say qualifies as defamation. If you have proof, bring it on and enlighten us all. If not, then I suggest you keep silent until such proof is obtained." (MaryAnnH)

Pocket Rocket said: "Dr. Taitz has submitted fake documents as evidence. She has made contradictory statements and blatant false claims in court and in the media." (by pocketrocketbug)

Derek P. said: "Dr. Taitz has submitted fake documents as evidence." (pocketrocketbug) To support the allegations that have been made, that is (apparently) the only course of action that is available. False discovery." (by Derek P.)

If either of you have any hard evidence for your claims, I suggest you produce it or shut up. I'm not talking about all the petty things of which you harang, I am talking about making public accusations regarding what would is considered bases for libel, slander and defamation of character.

Your petty whines about typing mistakes and minor procedural mistakes are a matter of personal perception. Those mistakes (made by other attorneys in every jurisdiction) are nothing to get excited about.

How do you know the Kenyan BCs are fakes? How do you know that the list of SSN numbers are false? Do you have concrete proof? If so, produce it. Otherwise, shut up before you find yourself enmeshed in a lawsuit yourself.

MaryAnnH - I find it ironic that you warn me about the risk of being sued for libel, slander, and defamation for my factual comments regarding Dr. Taitz while accepting, without proof, her lies, slander, libel, and defamation of Obama, Judge Land, and others.

I don't know why you'd pretend that the Kenyan "birth certificates" submitted by Dr. Taitz have not been debunked. Search Bomford certificate....As to Lucas Smith...he's a convicted forger and the videos that he alleges were taken in Kenya seem to be made in the Dominican Republic. BTW, he didn't spell the physican's name correctly on his forgery.

39 SSN's all connected with Obama? The McCain and Clinton campaign just let that slide, eh? As my granddaughter would say, "Get real".

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The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I've never been sure the old maxim made much sense. It gives your enemies rather too much control over the identification of your friends. What's more, it allows people who really aren't your friends to identify themselves as such just by opposing your enemies. Doesn't that make it easier for your enemies to plant agents in your midst with no more effort than it takes to stage a phony brawl?Because they live in such a hostile media environment, conservatives are all too willing to embrace any media voice that seems to take on their left wing opponents. But this means that at critical moments (particularly when it comes to personnel choices) they will be susceptible to information provided by people who have only been fighting with their enemies in order to get into a better position to do in the people whose sincerity, ability and leadership offer conservatives the greatest promise of success.In this regard I have observed that the most important information conservatives can get from Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel is silence: the things and people Fox positively ignores. You can be sure someone you know to be conservative is standing firm for what's right when you can't remember the last time you saw or heard anything positive about them on Fox News. Think of all the reporting they've done on the issue of Obama's eligibility for the Presidency.Listen to the silence. Better yet, learn from it.

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THOUGHTLET "A little thought (that) goes a long way."

During my service as an Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State under President Reagan, a quiet but constant tug of war went on between the Reagan conservatives and the Bush Republicans, though supposedly all of us were pulling in the same direction.My brief as Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (IO- the bureau that, among other things, keeps track of the goings-on at the United Nations)included implementing Reagan's policy of withholding U.S. contributions to the UN until real management reforms were agreed upon and carried forward.I also got involved with issues that reflected Reagan's principled pro-life stands, and his strong commitment to defend Israel from the Arab inspired lynch mob more or less permanently on call throughout the UN system during those years.

Apparently one of the more polite terms of opprobrium the Bush forces used to pan conservatives like me was that we were excessively "ideological".To tell the truth, I always wore the intended slight as a badge of honor, sinceit signified theirreaction to my consistent efforts to make sure my actions served the ideas and principles Reagan stood for.

Meanwhile whether in or out of power the leftists who control the Democrat party have had no qualms about being "excessively ideological."While the Bush Republicans obligingly kept real conservatives running in place throughout their years of pre-eminence (while sopping them periodically with rhetoric and phony gestures of support), the Democrats looked for ways to promote their agenda of abortion, state atheism, and the erosive destruction of the traditional family (It's the major obstacle to totalitarian government control of the society.)Now that the leftists are surging with confidence, Obama shows no qualms about promoting "excessively ideological" extremists like Chas Freeman and Kathleen Sebelius to positions of controlling authority in the areas where they can do the most harm (from a conservative point of view.)Instead of running in place, they're poised to rush forward, like a good running back exploiting the chink of daylight that signals the way to at least a first down and who knows what more beyond that.

When are conservatives going to wake up and ponder the fact that the acronym for Running In Place is- R.I.P.

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As I consider the reaction to my statement that Obama is a communist, I realize how thoroughly the Obama faction's media claque takes advantage of the ignorance even of those who are supposed to be educated and sophisticated spokespeople for conservative views. In this respect I am somewhat disadvantaged by my relatively small stake in this ignorance when it comes to political theory and ideology. For instance, people tend to associate the term "communist" with the violent takeover of government and society. Yet a thoroughly committed communist like Italy's Antonio Gramsci developed an understanding of the nature of political control, and therefore the path to power over a society, far more sophisticated than Marx's economic determinism. (Or was it in fact a more sophisticated understanding of economics?) It was therefore better suited to understanding and exploiting the "ideological" (i.e., spiritual and moral) vulnerabilities of the opponents of communism. In particular, his theories allowed for far greater use of cultural influences (the news and entertainment media, churches and other religious institutions, movements like "gay rights" that contribute to the destruction of moral institutions like the family, etc.) than some people associate with the term "communism". They helped later leftists to understand, explain and avoid (by learning from and adapting the enemy's tactics) defeats like those that fascism inflicted on mid-twentieth century communism in Italy and elsewhere.Reading Gramsci, one senses that he is looking at the intellectual framework for the Obama faction's secret strategic plan. As Sherlock Holmes knew, there's sometimes no hiding place more secure than one that is in plain sight. Especially in an era when the leftist takeover of education produces fewer and fewer people in each generation who bother to read books, especially the ones without pictures in them. (There's a good summary of Gramsci's thinking at http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-gram.htm)

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Apparently most of the people in Congress who voted on the so-called stimulus package had no time to read it, even superficially. That might seem like fodder for a late night comedy routine, until it occurs to you to wonder who did read it? After all, if the elected representatives of the people are just rubber stamping legislation prepared for them by others, its drafters are the ones dictating the decision. Congress sinks into the role reserved for the People's Congresses in places like North Korea or the now defunct Soviet Union. How quickly the substance of constitutional self-government is being turned into the perfunctory sham characteristic of stolid party dictatorships ruled from the background by a handful of unaccountable little despots.

How many Americans wake up every day longing to live under party dictators, worshiping at the altar of a propagandized personality cult, in a world where party hacks offer the only hope of relief from bureaucratic tyranny? All in exchange for a surfeit of meaningless sex and the license to kill your unwanted offspring.

I used always to think of places under communist yoke as regions languishing under perpetually cloudy skies. Actually though, it wasn't the sun's light it cut off, but the light of true human personality. Would any sane people exchange even the worst risks of life in freedom for such soul stifling banality? Will we?

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's not a thought likely to occur to anyone thinking about the banking system these days. It's broke alright. Insolvency is the word of the day, along with that other word, nationalization. Funny how so many people who think the nation state has effectively ceased to exist when it comes to borders and immigration suddenly rediscover its powers when it's time to take over the banks.

"But Alan," you protest "we badly need a solution." Which, I reply, is not a good reason to accept a bad one. In fact , if things have gotten as bad as they say, maybe we should step back so as to let our thinking leap forward.

True, If it ain't broke, you don't fix it. But if it's really broke, you don't fix it either, you throw it away and replace it with something that works better. Instead of taking the bad logic of a failed centralized banking system to its logical conclusion (total centralization), replace the logic with something more suited to the twenty-first century. The twentieth century was all about bigger, more regulated and extensive organization. The hallmark of the twenty-first is the network, the model work-in-progress of which is the internet. It depends on decentralized, individual units, that reach out and form communities based on direct interaction and mutual assessment, rather than a centrally determined distribution of information (like a central bank's fixing the interest rate.)

If the present banking system is failing- let it fail. That's the first step in preparing the way for the emergence of twenty-first century financial networks. Instead of pretending that bankrupt governments can magically save a bankrupt system, accept the fact that the financial Titanic is sinking. Get people out of it, and use what resources we have to construct and launch the fleet of lifeboats in which they can distance themselves from the vortex it causes as it goes down. What I think we'll discover is that the new system we need will emerge from the resulting fleet, as we use twenty-first century tools to turn it into a floating net that won't be susceptible to the cascading disasters of the obsolete vessel. This deserves longer thought, which I give it in the essay Real Change Step Two: Replacing the Federal Reserve.

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I think it's not an accident that the American founders spoke of the people as a body (that is an organic whole), but the leftist proto-totalitarians that tutor socialists like Obama speak of them as "the masses." A mass is composed of conceptually identical parts, whereas the body is an organic whole in which each part is defined and differentiated by its individual purpose with respect to the whole. Is this why there are so many examples of totalitarian regimes that treat people as if they are mounds of dirt to be shaped and repressed, used or discarded (killed) without respect for their individuality? This totalitarian mentality finds a counterpart in the approach that claims to deal with human affairs scientifically, on the assumption that people are no different than other merely physical things.

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What signals the difference between a "socialist" and a "communist"? It's the gradual repression of political and civil liberty culminating in the open prosecution and suppression of dissident views. But this suppression cannot come about until a monopoly has been established over access to the seats of government executive and decision making power. The key manifestation of this monopoly is of course some form of party dictatorship.

Aside from all the evidence in his known background, associates, policy preferences and political actions one of the main reasons I make bold to call Obama a communist is his grab for unchecked partisan control over the conduct of the next census. Skillful manipulation of the census could make the decisive contribution to establishing an electorally unchallengeable party monopoly, which would then provide the basis for consolidating party dictatorship. If such dictatorship were not part of their agenda, the Obama faction would leave ultimate oversight of the census process where the Constitution places it, in the hands of the legislative branch. As it clearly is part of their agenda, only ignorance or willful stupidity blinds people to Obama's ambition to establish a better tailored version of Soviet-style government in the U.S.

Of course, there may be another name for what keeps some of the so-called Republicans from speaking out about it. Could it be cowardice?

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Everyone's fussing over whether the Alleged Usurper's stimulus plan will help or hurt the economy. Are they missing the point? Massive taxpayer resources are being pumped into Obama's powerbase. His cohorts grow stronger, while the larger economic impact of the plan makes everyone else weaker. Not much of a recovery plan, but a great strategy for securing power.

Then there are all those Hamas loving Palestinians he's using taxpayer money to bring to the U.S. After 9/11 the Palestinians danced in their streets. This time they won't have far to go to dance on our graves.